neurodegenerative diseases; autophagy
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2019.01.24
Can we slow down the aging process and rejuvenate an aged brain? Can we repair a brain that has been damaged by neurodegenerative disease? Neuroscience...
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2019.03.11
Diego was born and grew up in La Paz, Bolivia. His father and grandfather were both lawyers, and his mother was a history and geography teacher. They explained...
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2018.12.04
It was 35 years ago that the HIV-1 virus, responsible for AIDS, was first isolated by scientists at the Institut Pasteur. While many lives have been saved by...
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2018.11.05
Driven by curiosity, Lhousseine Touqui has spent many years conducting fundamental research on the respiratory system. Today, his work in the joint Institut...
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2018.10.04
Close to 70 different nationalities work alongside each other on the Institut Pasteur's Paris campus, and Anna-Bella has come all the way from Tahiti. She was...
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2018.09.04
You have no doubt already heard about emerging viruses. The international media regularly informs us about viruses raging across the world, for instance Zika,...
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2018.05.29
Fani Koukouli's decision to pursue a career researching the workings of the brain and identifying new molecules to tackle diseases such as schizophrenia and...
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2019.09.09
Depression is a complex multifactorial condition whose underlying mechanisms have still not been elucidated. Available treatments are therefore far from...
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2019.09.06
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur are investigating CyaA, one of the major toxins of Bordetella pertussis. This bacterium is responsible for whooping cough...
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2019.08.28
The year 2018 has been exceptional in several ways. It was marked by the celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Institut Pasteur and the arrival of a new...